UNBELIEVABLE RECORD BREAKING ANIMALS
Added on: 15th Jul 2016
WOOLLIEST SHEEP
In 2015, an overgrown Australian sheep affectionately named
Chris became the world´s woolliest sheep after more than
40 kilograms (88 pounds) of wool was removed from him.
It was estimated that the poor sheep was carrying
more than five years of wool.
FASTEST WING-BEAT
During courtship, the ruby-throated hummingbird can produce
a wing-beat rate of up to an incredible 200 beats per second
as opposed to the normal, but still very impressive, 90 beats
per second produced by all other hummingbirds.
MOST DANGEROUS ANT
World´s most dangerous ant is the bulldog ant. Native to
coastal regions in Australia, the ant is extremely aggressive,
showing little fear of human beings. There have been at
least 3 reported human fatalities caused by this
ferocious ant species.
LARGEST BRAIN
In terms of proportion to body size, shrews have the largest
brain-to-body mass ratio of any animal. The brains of these
commonly distributed small mole-like mammals make
up 10% of their body weight.
MOST TENNIS BALLS IN DOG´S MOUTH
The world record for the most tennis balls held in the mouth
by a dog at one time is five. Augie, a golden retriever owned
by the Miller family in Dallas, Texas, successfully gathered
and held all five regulation-sized tennis balls on 6th July 2003.
LARGEST EGG FROM A LIVING BIRD
The largest egg laid by a living bird ever recorded weighed
2.589 kilograms (5lb 11.36oz) and was laid by an ostrich
at an ostrich farm owned by Kerstin and Gunnar Sahlin
in Borlange, Sweden, on 17th May 2008.
FASTEST TORTOISE
Bertie, a South African leopard tortoise, raced his way into
the record books by travelling 0.28 metres per second
(0.6 mph) in Durham, UK., the greatest speed achieved by
one of his kind, smashing the previous record
that stood since 1977.
FASTEST WATER WALKER
The South American basilisk lizard can run on water
bipedally at a speed of 1.5 m/s (5ft/s) for approximately
4.5m (14ft 9in) before sinking. It can also ‘walk on water’
on all fours, which extends the distance that it can
travel on the surface by about 1.3m (4ft 3in).
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